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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=390142117-19042005></SPAN>N<SPAN
class=390142117-19042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>ick,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=390142117-19042005>I am not sure whether I understand what you mean by "no
significant difference when comparing</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=390142117-19042005>the combination ..." It makes some sense to me
when talking about "synonymy."</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=390142117-19042005>When talking about "collocations", a "little big man"
is certainly not the same as a "big little man." </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=390142117-19042005>Some "little big men" were already mentioned in this
discussion. I add Nelson and the late</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=390142117-19042005>Ivorian president Houphouet-Boigny, a short man, whom
they referred to with respect</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=390142117-19042005>"short man with long arms." In German we say "length is
not necessarily a sign of greatness".</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=390142117-19042005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=390142117-19042005>What does your interesting little emoticon <FONT
color=#000080 size=2>>(„“-) <FONT color=#0000ff
size=3>mean?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">>></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">... and in
the American movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Denis de
Vito</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(the little guy) play
TWINS! <SPAN class=390142117-19042005> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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class=390142117-19042005><SPAN class=875172715-19042005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3>Fritz Goerling</FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000
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class=390142117-19042005>Nick Miller wrote:</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Don</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">t forget “Little-Big
Man“. Or Little-Big Horn for that matter. >(„“-) </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Using Copernic Agent
(searching in 10 UK search engines, strictly keeping to the word order) there
was no significant difference when comparing the combination big/little and
little/big or big/small and small/big. Rather inclusive…</SPAN></FONT></P>
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